VaranasiIndia
Current time in Varanasi, India
Monday, 31 August 2026
India Standard TimeUTC+05:30
⛶ Full-screen clockVaranasi time at a glance
- Country
- India
- Location
- City in Uttar Pradesh
- Time zone
Asia/Kolkata- UTC offset now
UTC+05:30- Current zone label
- GMT+5:30
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in Varanasi
Conditions near Varanasi and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Patchy rain nearby
- Feels like
- 32°C
- Humidity
- 85%
- Wind
- 11.5 km/h NE
- Recent precipitation
- 0.1 mm
3-day forecast
- Overcast26°C to 30°C86% chance of precipitationWind up to 12.2 km/h
- Light rain shower24°C to 28°C93% chance of precipitationWind up to 18.4 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby24°C to 26°C93% chance of precipitationWind up to 13 km/h
Forecast valid from 13:15 local time. Updated 2026-08-31T07:57:13.156Z; refresh due by 2026-08-31T08:12:13.156Z.
Time-zone identity for Varanasi
- IANA zone
Asia/Kolkata- UTC offset now
- UTC+05:30
- Current zone label
- GMT+5:30
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Varanasi is currently 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Varanasi
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Sunday, 5 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Varanasi
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Kolkata, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About Varanasi
Location details for Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India.
- Administrative area
- Uttar Pradesh, India
- Population
- 1,164,404
- Coordinates
- 25.3167° N, 83.0104° E. The elevation is 86 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Varanasi
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Varanasi. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- RāmnagarUttar Pradesh, India5.6 km south
Asia/KolkataSame local time - Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya NagarUttar Pradesh, India12 km east
Asia/KolkataSame local time - ChunārUttar Pradesh, India25 km southwest
Asia/KolkataSame local time - ChandauliUttar Pradesh, India27 km east
Asia/KolkataSame local time - KachhwaUttar Pradesh, India32 km west
Asia/KolkataSame local time - SaidpurUttar Pradesh, India33 km northeast
Asia/KolkataSame local time
Sources for Varanasi time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.